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sweep ceaselessly creaked and filled
All ran to the well, of which the wooden sweep ceaselessly creaked and filled the trough.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

Story Cavalry Crossing a Ford
The Centenarian's Story Cavalry Crossing a Ford Bivouac on a Mountain Side An Army Corps on the March
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Sixth Continental Coalition against France
Sixth Continental Coalition against France.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Sabine Clausus came And from
In pride of youth the Sabine Clausus came, And, from afar, at Dryops took his aim.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

same colour Cyfeillgar a friendly
on Cyfebru, v. to gestate Cyfebrwydd, n. foal in embryo Cyfechni, n. joint security Cyfechwyn, n. joint loan Cyfedliw, n. mutual reproach Cyfeddach, n. a banquet, a festivity Cyfeiliorn, n. deviation Cyfeiliornad, n. a deviating Cyfeiliorni, v. to deviate Cyfeiliornus, a. devious, erring Cyfeiliornwr, n. a wanderer Cyfeilw, a. of the same colour Cyfeillgar, a. friendly, sociable Cyfeillgarwch, n. sociableness Cyfeilachu, v. to associate Cyfeillach, n. friendship Cyfeilio, v. to associate Cyfeiriad, n. direction Cyfeirio, v. to direct; to guide, to make towards Cyfeiriol, a. directing, leading Cyfeirnod, n. note of referenee Cyfeiryd, v. to direct, to lead Cyfeisiau, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

she can come away from
If Dinah 'ud be willing to stay at Hayslope, it isn't likely she can come away from her aunt's house, where they hold her like a daughter, and where she's more bound than she is to us.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

some caught cold and fevers
Some were crushed, some were lost, some caught cold and fevers, crept back to their garret or their cellars, were dosed with Godfrey’s cordial, and died in peace.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

So Christmas comes and finds
So Christmas comes and finds you yet in Flanders, And all is mud and messiness and sleet, And men have temperatures and horses glanders, And Brigadiers have trouble with their feet,
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 19, 1917 by Various

Supreme Court chairman appointed for
UtdDF 126, DL 58, ANS 19, Euro-left 17, PU 11, independents 9 Judicial branch: Supreme Court, chairman appointed for a seven-year term by the president; Constitutional Court, 12 justices appointed or elected for nine-year terms Political parties and leaders: Alliance for National Salvation or ANS (coalition led mainly by Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS) ; Bulgarian Business Bloc or BBB ; Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP ; Democratic Left of DL ; Euro-left ; Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS (member of LDU) ; People's Union or PU ; Union of Democratic Forces or UtdDF (an alliance of pro-democratic parties) Political pressure groups and leaders: agrarian movement; Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - United or BZNS; Bulgarian Democratic Center; Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria or CITUB; Democratic Alliance for the Republic or DAR; Gergiov Den; Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization or IMRO; New Union for Democracy or NUD; "Nikola Petkov" Bulgarian Agrarian National Union; Podkrepa Labor Confederation; numerous regional, ethnic, and national interest groups with various agendas International organization participation: ACCT, BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EU (applicant), FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM (guest), NSG, OAS (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UPU, WEU (associate partner), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Philip DIMITROV chancery: 1621 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: (202) 387-0174, 387-0365, 483-1386 FAX: (202) 234-7973 consulate(s): New York Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Richard MILES embassy: 1 Saborna Street, Sofia mailing address: American Embassy Sofia, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5740 telephone: (2) 980-52-41 through 48 FAX: (2) 981-89-77 Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and red; the national emblem formerly on the hoist side of the white stripe has been removed - it contained a rampant lion within a wreath of wheat ears below a red five-pointed star and above a ribbon bearing the dates 681 (first Bulgarian state established) and 1944 (liberation from Nazi control) @Bulgaria:Economy Economy - overview: In April 1997, the current ruling Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) government won pre-term parliamentary elections and introduced an IMF currency board system which succeeded in stabilizing the economy.
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

straw continually cleared away from
Have the loose straw continually cleared away from the engine; see that two or three pails of water are kept close to the ashpan, and that the pan itself is kept constantly full of water.”
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

shall cherish clothe and feed
Sweet baby, then forbear to weep; Be still, my babe; sweet baby, sleep. {42} In this, thy frailty and thy need, He friends and helpers doth prepare, Which thee shall cherish, clothe and feed; For of thy weal they tender are.
— from Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) by Nicholas Breton

Second Corps commenced a furious
The Sixth Corps, which was to have prolonged the line to the left, not arriving in position as early as was expected, the enemy took instant advantage of the opportunity and, penetrating to the rear of the exposed left of the Second Corps, commenced a furious attack.
— from Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by William Young Warren Ripley

Supreme Court chairman appointed for
Supreme Court, chairman appointed for a seven-year term by the president; Constitutional Court, 12 justices appointed or elected for a nine-year term Political parties and leaders: Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Georgi PURVANOV, chairman]; Union of Democratic Forces or UDF (an alliance of pro-Democratic parties)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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